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Meet The Team Behind The LO, A New Community For Queer Women

Meet The Team Behind The LO, A New Community For Queer Women

Based on her personal experience while living in Baltimore, Laura Mitchell knew it was time to create a new type of community. “As a queer woman, everywhere I've lived, it's been really hard to find community, especially outside of bars and dating apps,” she told Hypepotamus.

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Charleston Duo Is Redefining The QR Code & Location-based Messaging

Cousins Marlon Brown and Kendrick Pullen are on a mission to change how and when we send messages. That’s no small task, given that individuals and companies alike are really more and more on SMS, iMessage, and other app-based messaging services to connect with clients and potential customers. “Send

Stacey Abrams & Lara Hodgson FinTech Startup Raises $9.5M To Fix B2B Payment Woes

Stacey Abrams & Lara Hodgson FinTech Startup Raises $9.5M To Fix B2B Payment Woes

NowAccount knew they had a solution to help small businesses better manage invoices and payments. Coming out of the pandemic, the team, including Georgia Tech alumna Lara Hodgson and Spelman alumna — and former State Representative — Stacey Abrams, closed a $9.5 million Series A round to scale. Abrams talked about

New Network Launches To Connect, Support Women Investors in the Southeast

New Network Launches To Connect, Support Women Investors in the Southeast

Women make up less than 5% of all venture capitalists in the country. That statistic alone is enough to make anyone pause. But a new group is looking to build community and create opportunities for women check writers and fund managers in the Southeast region. WISE (Women Investors in the

EnMass Energy Secures New Funding To Transform Global Waste-To-Energy Supply Chains

EnMass Energy Secures New Funding To Transform Global Waste-To-Energy Supply Chains

A Techstars Social Impact Accelerator graduate finished off the month of May with a $2,153,485 equity round and is ready to take on supply chain management in the EnergyTech space. Durham-based EnMass Energy looks to simplify the supply chain for energy businesses by connecting data from suppliers, transporters,

Network Under 40 & Meeting of the Minds Team Up In New Acquisition

Network Under 40 & Meeting of the Minds Team Up In New Acquisition

Networking events have transformed over the last year and a half, but that isn’t stopping the momentum over at Network Under 40 (NU40). The team just announced it has been acquired by Meeting of the Minds, a private membership community for high-growth entrepreneurs also based in Atlanta, Georgia. Meeting

New Atlanta Fund Looks To Jumpstart Innovation in Early-Stage Automotive Startups

New Atlanta Fund Looks To Jumpstart Innovation in Early-Stage Automotive Startups

Atlanta-based Automotive Ventures has closed its inaugural, oversubscribed $7 million fund. The fund looks to invest in the expanding automotive and mobility space, which includes the electrification of cars, the explosion of auto-specific data analytics, and sensor technology, and even how we think about car ownership. Steve Greenfield and Justin